America in a Contradicting Stance: We are Terrorist Too

One of the main issues in the campaign trail has been that of terrorism and foreign affairs. It is of no question why the subject is so important, for the future  of our sovereign country lies in the decisions that diplomats make in the world-wide spectrum. As of now however, it seems as if all that America is worried about is to destroy the enemy and even kill people because if advances our way to victory. Rarely do people bother to think of the effects that a war in the Middle East has brought upon our every-day way of thought. 

In a commentary, written by Alfredo Jaimes, the author focuses on the idea that our country’s effort to get rid of the threat, that a war imposes, has caused a systematic way of thought wherein we don’t recognize how our military actions are terroristic in their manner. While the most patriotic people of our kind, that is American people, may argue that they (Middle Eastern countries) have initiated the war due to their reckless and malign actions it is also true to say through retaliation America has extended the horrors of war. 

As everything in life, Jaimes makes a point of indirectly stating that everything is relative. Because no one holds the same perspective in life, we as a race of humans will always see things with a different eye. So while the fall of the Twin Towers on September 11 signaled the beginning of a dispute, it was American military force that retaliated with deaths and caused a repetitive cycle of “I’ll get you back twice as bad.” Does America as a whole ever bother to think that all of the bombarding and air strikes result in the deaths of innocent human lives? That to the average Syrian, Iranian, Iraqi and Afghani WE are the ones constantly killing and showing acts of defiance? We are the existing threat and fear that they constantly face everyday.

Is the American ego so high above the ceiling that no one ever sees our military actions as terroristic in nature as well? And if a country has been terrorized for so long, is it not their duty to develop a human army to destroy us? It only makes sense, because that is what American history teaches us to do. The war on terrorism and the war in Syria will end when the American public realizes that retaliation and revenge are not always the answer. By no means does this statement translate to: “Lets be weak and let them destroy us” It simply means that instead of resorting to military tactics our government should rely more on democratic solutions, organizing conferences with affected countries and forming a world-wide coalition against crimes. Because the United States is not the police of the world it is is a police officer, part of a larger entity. United we serve humanity best.